Having an accurate cell phone number listed in EAC is essential for staff. This allows you to receive important text messages from the district, including notice of snow days! To update or to verify that your number is correct:
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Seesaw Tips & Tricks
Seesaw is a fantastic tool for capturing learning in the classroom. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate. Students “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links. It’s simple to get student work…
New for ’23: Good Notes
A great new addition to Westside is Good Notes! We already have access to several powerful note taking apps (i.e., Apple Notes, Notability) and Good Notes is a great alternative if you find those apps aren’t meeting your need –…
Tech Tools for Communication and Creation
Learning can be deepened when students are asked to create products that express what they know or think. In particular, it’s the combination of communication and creation that can make these activities more instructionally meaningful. Deeper levels of Communication and…
2022-23 Technology Professional Learning
Check out the below for our formal professional learning schedule for the 2022-23 school year. In addition to the formal sessions and drop-in ‘office hours’, we have a wide variety of asynchronous and on-demand resources. Teachers.technology: This is our home…
Laptop Frequently Asked Questions
In pursuit of higher levels of efficiency, performance and reliability, in the coming weeks we will be helping certified staff members transition from their current 4+ year-old laptops to new MacBook Air laptops with increased storage. DETAILS: GOAL: Provide up-to-date…
New Webex App
Starting on or around February 11, 2022 we’re simplifying things. Instead of having both a Webex Teams app and a Webex Meetings app installed on your Mac, you’ll find just one app – Webex. If you’ve been using Webex for…
Wanted! A Few Good Teachers
We’re looking for a few Dynamic Teachers! Are you excited about new technology and the opportunities these provide to your students? Are you someone who embraces the technology, and is willing to learn alongside students while giving them opportunities to…
Google Classroom Tips for Teachers
Google Classroom is a powerful tool for teachers and students to interact and engage with online assignments, and activities. The following resource provides several tips to help teachers and learners maximize on all this tool has to offer.
Using Google Classroom and Google Docs on iPad
Students: Having troubles opening up Google Classroom assignments that contain Google Docs? Check out the resources below for a quick walk though of how you can open Google Docs in Safari from the Classroom app on your iPad. In Video…